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| Keir Starmer wins general election |
Labour has officially won the 2024 general election after reaching the required 326 seats.
Speaking in central London, the next prime minister Keir Starmer says “change begins now”.
“It feels good, I have to be honest,” he tells a cheering crowd.
Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister.
Labour is forecast to win a landslide with 410 seats, and the Conservatives on 144.
Sunak says Britain has delivered a “sobering verdict”.
High-profile Conservatives have lost their seats, including Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Penny Mordaunt.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage becomes an MP for the first time, and the party’s Richard Tice and Lee Anderson also win.
Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wins Islington North as an independent, and Labour’s Jon Ashworth loses to an independent.
Green Party’s Carla Denyer wins Bristol Central from Labour, while the SNP is forecast to go from 43 seats to just six.
BY BBC NEWS